Another great one, Steve! I, at 67, can certainly relate! If I'm not writing, I'm also doing crossword puzzles. I love "swimming in an ocean of words," anyway, but along with helping with cognition and memory, I've always had a love affair with the English language, so the puzzles and writing are just things I've adored doing anyway! As for taking pills that help memory, I would, but I can never remember to take them!😢
Also, keeping the memory theme (long-term, anyway), it's also why I write what I write. With MY short-term memory becoming less and less reliable, I wanna get the things I remember from back in the day down on paper (or on Substack!) while I still can!
By the way, I saw Genesis in March 1974 in Austin, and met Gabriel afterwards. Got his autograph in a unique way, too! I've written about it, as you might've guessed, but I don't want to drop the link so as not to pull focus.....something you learn doing stage work!
Thanks, Brad! I get how writing out one's history, knowledge and the connections between them can be both a time capsule and a way to work the memory muscle.
Awesome that you met Gabriel, and now I'll have to search your archives to find the post about that story!:) Feel free to add links here for related stories you've written. That's kind of the point of all this in a way.
My personal meeting Peter Gabriel story is much later, I think 2000, when I worked for a world music website that was a sponsor for the WOMAD festival, which PG founded. I was a videographer at the event in Seattle, Washington and got to film an interview with Peter in his backstage tent. It was so loud though, that we never used the footage because his audio was not salvageable. My interaction was a simple greeting but the eye-contact he made with me still stays with me today.
I'd have to say, even with the sound challenges, your PG meeting tops mine! BUT, IT'S PETER, so win-win! If you haven't found it yet, and with your kind invitation, here's the link (from way back last August!) to my Genesis/PG piece: https://bradkyle.substack.com/p/paper-plate-peter-gabriel-offers
Another great one, Steve! I, at 67, can certainly relate! If I'm not writing, I'm also doing crossword puzzles. I love "swimming in an ocean of words," anyway, but along with helping with cognition and memory, I've always had a love affair with the English language, so the puzzles and writing are just things I've adored doing anyway! As for taking pills that help memory, I would, but I can never remember to take them!😢
Also, keeping the memory theme (long-term, anyway), it's also why I write what I write. With MY short-term memory becoming less and less reliable, I wanna get the things I remember from back in the day down on paper (or on Substack!) while I still can!
By the way, I saw Genesis in March 1974 in Austin, and met Gabriel afterwards. Got his autograph in a unique way, too! I've written about it, as you might've guessed, but I don't want to drop the link so as not to pull focus.....something you learn doing stage work!
Keep up the riveting work!😊👍
Thanks, Brad! I get how writing out one's history, knowledge and the connections between them can be both a time capsule and a way to work the memory muscle.
Awesome that you met Gabriel, and now I'll have to search your archives to find the post about that story!:) Feel free to add links here for related stories you've written. That's kind of the point of all this in a way.
My personal meeting Peter Gabriel story is much later, I think 2000, when I worked for a world music website that was a sponsor for the WOMAD festival, which PG founded. I was a videographer at the event in Seattle, Washington and got to film an interview with Peter in his backstage tent. It was so loud though, that we never used the footage because his audio was not salvageable. My interaction was a simple greeting but the eye-contact he made with me still stays with me today.
I'd have to say, even with the sound challenges, your PG meeting tops mine! BUT, IT'S PETER, so win-win! If you haven't found it yet, and with your kind invitation, here's the link (from way back last August!) to my Genesis/PG piece: https://bradkyle.substack.com/p/paper-plate-peter-gabriel-offers
Cheers!